Ovarian cancer is among the most aggressive and toughest of all gynecological cancers to diagnose and treat. The most common kind, called high-grade serous ovarian cancer, has about an 80% chance of returning.
“I started realizing how vast and various nursing opportunities are. There are so many different things you can do,” he says. “I didn’t think any other profession would give me that.”
The quilts, and the shirts they came from, are also a reminder of how far she’s come and how fortunate Sara has been since her first diagnosis in 2006. Each shirt is another event, another year, another victory.